Well, as I have said in the past, I studied for a year a Trent Park so count me in for a definate. The one in July however, I am going to see the Tour de France in London and that hasnt been in the UK since 1994 - going to that for definate!

I've discovered that a show at Barleylands is taking place on September 8th and 9th.

A lot of active model submariners attend this show and I'm now very concerned this will have a big impact on the potential number of members attending. In short I don't fancy being left with a large bill to settle at the end of the day.

It also seems that most of the other weekends in September have events running.

Not sure what to do about this. Ideally, I'd have run this event this month, but that was too close for my liking.

Andy,
dont take the risk - if necessary shelve it until next year, that way you wont be saddled with a huge bill and no insentive to run it a second time. If you can do it in august, that will do for me - but I'm also happy to wait until next year...

Not a bad idea, Ramesh... However, the only this I love more than U-boats is? Yep, bike racing - I am there for the whole weekend. Pity that, but cant be in two places at once unless someone can perfect the gene-splicing technique by thursday week!

Surprised to see such a low attendance of subs at Merstham at the weekend, only four or five boats there. Last year there were loads!

Location of last years sub run at Colney Heath- the present condition of the pond (a lovely pea green)-

Useless for subs- about two inches of visibility maximum. However the committee have finally agreed to purchase some chemicals which should clear the water of algae within a day or two once administered.

Therefore there may be an impromptu sub run this summer. I'll keep you guys posted.